Device for use in shaving



Sept. 21 1926.

E. M. CHAPPELI.

y DEVICE FOR USE IN SHAVTNG Filed Sept. 19, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet. l

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E. M. CHAPPELL DEVICE FOR USE 1N sHAvING Filed Sept. 19, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 75 wel @Uhr new Patented Sept. 2l', 1926.

UNITED STATES ELBERT M. CHAPPELL, F` HARTSVILLE, SUTH CAROLINA.

DrivIcE ron USE 1N sHAvING.

Apliietmml mea september 19, 1922; seriei 10e. 689,259.

This invention relates to a device for use in shaving and is adapted and intended to furnish the most satisfactory conditions for use both at home and when traveling. It

embodies a light sheet metal housing of symmetrical form, the surface of which may be given any suitable attractive coating or iinish, of such shape and sizeeas to be easily carried in a suit case or hand bag and which has normally within the lines of its main outer surfaces, one or more adjustable mirrors, an electric light, the rays of which are directed towards the space in front of thel mirror and easily accessible means for receiving and holding a package of shaving soap and a shaving brush within it for transportation and for holding the' brush in convenieiit position outside of the housing for use in shaving. It also includes means foldable to position within the outer margins of the surfaces of the housing for supporting it in proper position on a ilat surface or from a hook or nail. The novel features will be more fully understood from the following description and claims taken with the accompanying drawings.v

In the. drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of one embodiinent of the invention with the cover open and a brush shown in dotted lines hanging at the side;

Figure 2 is an end view of this form closed, looking from the left in Figure 1;

Figure 8 is a vertical section through the center on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the center line 4 4 of the form shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a front view of a modified form with the cover open; and

Figure 6 is an end view of the form shown in Figure 5 lookin showing a brush 'in otted lines.

In thetorm shown in Figure 1 there is a housing 10 which may be composed of any suitable metal such as thin sheet metal and which has greater length than height and greater height than thickness and in which the end portions are semi-spherical on horizontal lines having a form approximately oval in side view. Two circular openings 11 and 12 are formed in the front wall concentric with the semi-circular end` from the right andv Two mirrorsY cally arranged in these openings with 'theirouter `faces, normally substantially in the same plane as the' face of the front wall of the housing. These mirrorsare pivoted on 6o vertical central lines through their centers to supporting rings 17 and 18 by pivot pins 19, 20, 21, 22 shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 connecting the frames 15 and 16 of the mirrors to the rings 17 and 18. The 65 rings 17 and 18 are pivoted on central horizontal lines to fixed parts of the front wall i o f the housing by p1vot pins 23, 24. The rings 17 and 18 concentrically surround the mirrors and a sufficient space is left between the margin of the mirrors and the rings and between the outer margins of the rings and the inner edges of the opening to permit the mirrors to turn either on a horizontal axis with the rings or on a vertical axis on the rings or on both so as to et any adjustment o f the mirrors desired. t the central portion of the front wall of the housing between the .two mirrors there is a depression .A 25 which. 1s of such size and-depth that an 80 velectric light bulb 26 may fitV in it with its outer end within the plane of the outer survface of the front wall of the housing. There v is an electric light socket 27 of usual form at the inner end of this depression to receive an electric light. It willbe noted that by this arrangement the 1i ht generated by I light 26 will have its rays irected outwardly across the plane of the front wall of the housing and the normal plane ofthe mirrors so as to strike the person in front of the mirror in the act of shaving without striking the mirrors. lElectric current causing the operation of thev electric light may be produced by any means so far as this invention broadly considered is concerned but in the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 there is a plug socket 28 set into the end of the housing and adapted to receive the plug of well known form on the end of a drop' 10o wire having the usial contact projections and this plu socket is connected to the lamp socket t rough a make and break contact mechanism 29 controlled by the push buttons 30 and 31 extending inwardly from 105- tl-ie surfaceof the front wallbelow the light and it will be understood that the usual electric light circuit may be connected tothe de- A vice by the plug socket 29.

The cover 32 of the housing is hinged at 110 they rear -and is adapted to turn up to-a position substantially parallel to the back longitudinal wall of the housing; Its u per surface at its front edge is depressedp suiiiciently to receive a hook memberv33 in the form of a. wirepivoted at itsends 34and 35 to the cover and adapted to fold down in the de= pression within thel marginal lines of the outer surface of the top for purposes of transportation. It has three upward bends 36, 37 and 38 which are adapted yto engage ahook or nail su porting t e device with the cover open. (gn the lnner face of the cover there are four l curved hook members 39, 40, 41 and 42 adapted to support a celluloid container 43 for shaving soap and a similar containerv44 for a shaving brush, these hook members being yieldingly held in the position shown in Figure 3 with their free ends near the inner surface of the cover by springs 45. The cover has'at its forward free edge a catch 46 of spring metal having a depression in its outer fface adapted to engage the projection 47 on the inner face of -the front wallk and yieldingly holdthe cover in closed position. l

An elongated supporting member 48 enters the housing on its central line from one end at the back wall and it is composed of an elongated narrow flat strip having rigid therewith flat headed pins 49 and 50 projecting from its face next to the rear wall and secured to the rear wall there is a member 51 having a longitudinal slot wide enough to receive the shank of pins 49 and 50 with lateral extensions of the slot at the bottom suiiiciently wide to receive the heads of the pins 49 and 50 thus servin as substantially a tongue and groove sliV ing con'- nection for holding the holder 48.` The ortion of` the holder 48 at its outer end is forked comprising two arms 52 and 53 i/n a horizontal plane, the arm 53 extending laterally and forwardly and leaving Va sulicient space between the two arms to receive the contracted portion of handle of the shaving brush so as to support it at the' sidefof the housing. The outer ends of the arms 52 and 53 are turned upward as shown at 54 in Figure 1 so as to prevent accidental v.displacement of the brush longitudinally,

the brush 55 being illustrated in dotted lines.

This support 48 may be moved by longitudinalfsliding in its supporting groove 52 until thearms 52vv and 53 project outwardly as shown in Figure 4 for use in shavin it may also be moved in the reverse irection so that the, arms enter the housing through slot 56.

The bottom wall 57 of the housing 10 is referabl made at a slight incline tol the ront wal so as to permit of rest on a flat support with itsfront wallvat a slight anglev to vertical and a longitudinal support 58 is hinged at 59 to the back. of the housing at the top and its lower portion 60 is bent inwardly andv its side margins are bent outl but wardly -and inwardly at 61 and '62 forming I lateral grooves. yA. separateA flat extension member 63 fits its outer face between said portions 61 and 62 with its margins in they groove so that it may move longitudinally in reference to the part 60. This extension memberJ 63 ma be connected to the part 60 in any longitu inal adjusted position by the bolt 64 with its thumb nut extending through slot 65 in member 60. This supporting member is intended to support the housing at any desired angle and when not` in use is folded to the position shown in Figure 3 where it is in a depressed portion 66 in the rear `wall of the housing and within the mar 'nal lines of that wall.

In the orm of the invention shown in .Figures 5 and 6 the housing 67 is rectangu- In this form there are two depressions 74,

75 in the front wall, one on each side of the mirror and they are of the vsame ltype as the depression 25 in the formshown in Figure 1 and are adapted to receive two in# candescent' electric lights. In this instance,

there-are two 'sets of push buttons 76 for turning on and ofi' -4 the current to the two electric light sockets. The cover 77 is hinged to the rear of the housing 67 as in the rst mentioned form and has similar hooks 78 for receiving and holding the soap c0n tainer and the shaving brush. In this instance the 'support 79 for the brush conf.

responding to the support 48 of the first form is similar in all respects to that above described but is mounted on the inner face of the cover 77 so that av slot in the' end of the housing is vnot necessary in moving it out to projected position, as shown in Figure 5 for supporting the brush during shaving. In this form the 'cover`77 may be provided with an opening 80 to 'engage a nail or hook for supporting the device. This ,form also is provided in its end with a plug socket 81 for connection to an electric cir` cuit and that plug socket is connected to the make and break contacts operated by the push buttons and to the electric light sockets as described iny connection with the first form.

Although two embodiments of the invention have been shown for purposes of illus-- tration it will be understood that it is not limited tothefdetails shown beyond what is re uired by the following claims.

aving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device for use in shaving comprising in combination, a portable housing having in its front wall a mirror pivotally supported for turning horizontally and vertically, an electric light socket in a depression in said wall at one side of said mirror, means in the rear of said wall for connecting said socket in an electric circuit, and movable means connected to said housing for supporting it in position ada ted to be moved within the outer surface ines of said housing when not in use.

2. A device for use in shaving comprising' in combination, a portable housing having in its front wall a mirror pivotall supported for turning horizontally an vertically, means in sald housing for detachably holdin and supporting a package of soap and a s aving brush, and an elongated member within said housing so connected thereto as to permit longitudinal sliding movement and having a forked end of such form as to receive the handle of a shavin brush and support it projecting horizontal y from the end of the housing in one position of movement.

3. A device for use in shaving com rising in combination, a portable housing aving in its front wall a circular opening and an oval depression at one side of said o ening having a depth as great as .the len t of j the glass bulb of an electric light, an e ectric lamp socket at the bottom of said depression, a mirror in said opening, a concentric rin support in saidopening surroundin sai mirror, pivotal connection between sai ring and housing and between said ring and mirror at right angles to each other and on horizontal and vertical lines, and means for connecting said lamp socket in an electric circuit.

4. A device for luse in shaving com rising in combination, a portable housing aving in its front4 wall a mirror p'i'votall supported for turning horizontally an vertically, a hin ed cover for said housing, sprcino presse movable hook members in sax ably hold asoa container, and a shaving brush, a movab e memberl in said housing havin a forked end portion adapted to latera y engage and support-afizshaving brush and to be moved to a position with its forked end projecting horizontally from the end of the housing.

5. A device for use 1n shaving comprising in combination, an elongated portable housing having semi-cylindrical ends with horizontal axes and circular opening in its front wall at the ends of said housings, circular mirrors in said openings, pivot means supportingsaid mirrors in sald openingspermitting turning on\ a horizontal axis and on a vertical axis, and -m'eansfor support- .ing said housing.

housing adapted t'o engage and releas` 6. A device for use in shaving comprising in combination, an elongated portable 'housing having semi-cylindrical ends with horizontal axes and circular openings in its front wall at the ends of said housings, circular mirrors in said openings, pivot means supporting said mirrors in said openings permitting turning on a horizontal axis and on a vertical axis, means for supporting said housing, and means for producin` artificial light in a depression in the said iront wall between said mirrors.

7. A device for use in shaving comprising in combination, an elongated portable housing having semi-cylindrical ends with horizontal axes and circular openings in its front wall at the ends of said housing, circular mirrors in said openings, circular rin supports in said openings surroundin sai mirrors, pivot connections between said mirrors and said supports and said supports and housing on longitudinal and vertical lines, an electric light socket in the bottom of an oval-shaped depression in the surface of the front wall of said housing between said mirrors, and means for connecting said socket in an electric circuit.

8.fA portable shaving kit comprising in combination, a casing having a front wall which the user faces when shaving, said wall having a depression and an aperture formed therein and the casing being provided with means for'maintainm said wall in an upright position, an electrcight socket secured within the depression provided with a light bulb and meansfor supplying tho same with current from a source in rear of the front wall, and a. mirror mounted in the aperture for universal movement, no portion of the mirror or globe projecting beyond the 'front wall when the kit is arranged for transportation.

9. A portable shaving kit comprising in combination, a casing havin a front wall which the user faces when s aving, and a rear wall spaced therefrom, a cover for said casing hinged to its rear wall, means secured to the inner surface of said cover for receiving and attachabl holding containers for soap and a shaving brush, the front wall of said casing havin a depression and an aperture formed thereln, an electric light socket secured within the depression provided with a light bulb and means for supplying the same with current from a source in rear of the front wall, and a mirror mounted in the aperture for universal movement, no portion of the mirror or globe projecting beyond the front wall when the kit is arranged for transportation.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflx my signature.

ELBERT M. CHAPPELL.

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